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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

July 15, 2013La Salle County, McMullen County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 15, 2013, 6:29 PM CDT for La Salle County, McMullen County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 15, 2013, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 2013, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties La Salle County, TX, McMullen County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 15, 3:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 3:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 5:51 AM CDT, 12 hours 38 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
551 AM CDT MON JUL 15 2013

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-161100-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR-
COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT
20 NM-WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL FROM 20 TO
60 NM-LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
551 AM CDT MON JUL 15 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE
TEXAS COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY. A FEW
STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...BUT NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS
ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AREAWIDE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY...YET ONLY ISOLATED SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. EXPECT ACTIVITY
THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY TO OCCUR PRIMARILY OVER LAND AREAS DURING
THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND PRIMARILY OVER THE COASTAL WATERS DURING THE
LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

PZ/WC

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 15, 6:08 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
608 PM CDT MON JUL 15 2013

TXZ229-230-239-160000-
LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-WEBB-
608 PM CDT MON JUL 15 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING LA SALLE...MCMULLEN AND WEBB
COUNTIES...

AT 602 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FOWLERTON TO 19
MILES NORTHEAST OF RANCHITOS LAS LOMAS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 17 MILES WEST OF TILDEN TO 23 MILES WEST OF FREER...MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS
UP TO AROUND 2 INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN NEAR FOWLERTON AND AN
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.  THIS MAY LEAD TO
NUISANCE FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS.

TE

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.